2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-08-11UTC12:09:34+00:002015-08-09Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andris Nelsons experienced his first time leading the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra – and hundreds of other performers – in Mahler’s Symphony no. 8.Andris Nelsons takes Mahlerian command at Tanglewooden_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-mahler-nelsons-tanglewood-august-2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngErica Minerhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15516https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15516https://bachtrack.com/files/40606-erica-miner-bio-photo.jpgAs a Metropolitan Opera violinist Erica performed with James Levine, Leonard Bernstein and countless opera luminaries. Now an award winning author, screenwriter and lecturer, Erica’s opera presentations include all three Wagner Societies in California. Her thriller novel Murder in the Pit authentically reflects her experiences in the Met Orchestra. Her personal website is here.https://bachtrack.com/files/26971-andris_nelsons_tanglewood_hilary_scott.jpg510340Andris Nelsons at TanglewoodHilary Scott2015-Aug-08, Tanglewood, Koussevitzky Music Shed: Nelsons conducts Mahler 8https://bachtrack.com/concert-listing/tanglewood-koussevitzky-music-shed/nelsons-conducts-mahler-8/08-august-2015/20-302015-08-082015-08-08Tanglewood, Koussevitzky Music ShedLenoxMassachusettsUnited States0124042.3531367897775-73.30953598022465

2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-02-24UTC16:10:18+00:002015-02-23A great love story as well as a cultural and musical shock as it has been from the beginning, this performance of Tristan und Isolde in Naples was led by an inspired Zubin Metha.Tristan and Isolde: an extreme love to die for in Naplesen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-tristan-isolde-urmana-mehta-naples-february-2015Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngLorenzo Fioritohttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/6178https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/6178https://bachtrack.com/files/40589-lorenzo-fiorito.jpgLorenzo Fiorito PhD holds degrees in Modern Languages and Literatures and in the Humanities. He is a linguist, a lecturer, and head of the International Area at Online University Pegaso, Naples, Italy. He is a reviewer of poetry, a music lover, and an opera buff.https://bachtrack.com/files/8351-tristan_braun_urmana_francesco_squeglia.jpg300380Lioba Braun (Brangäne) and Violeta Urmana (Isolde)Francesco Squeglia | Teatro San Carlo2015-Feb-22, Teatro di San Carlo: Tristan and Isoldehttps://bachtrack.com/opera-listing/teatro-di-san-carlo/tristan-and-isolde/22-february-2015/19-002015-02-222015-03-05Teatro di San CarloNaplesCampaniaItaly8013240.837957514.2499275http://www.teatrosancarlo.it/en/events/2014-2015/tristano-e-isotta?utm_medium=display&utm_source=bachtrack.comhttps://bachtrack.com/files/17326-thumb_53a1ac3d3f309208468b4567_default_medium.jpeg4

Mahler’s Symphony no. 8 had not been heard in Milan for 27 years. Tonight, Riccardo Chailly returned to perform the “Symphony of a Thousand” with his former band, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi.

2013Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2013-11-29UTC10:29:13+00:002013-11-27James Imam reviews Chailly and Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi playing Mahler Symphony no. 8 at Milano CongressiChailly and La Verdi exhilarate with Mahler 8en_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-nov-2013-la-verdi-chailly-mahler-8Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngJames Imamhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/6732https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/6732https://bachtrack.com/files/40590-james-imam.jpgJames studied Anthropology at Cambridge University before training as a singer at the Royal Northern College of Music. He has since lived and worked in Milan where he indulges his passion for all types of music, though as a countertenor he has a special interest in Baroque opera.https://bachtrack.com/files/3793-laverdi_mahler_8.jpg400400 Paola dal Prato2013-Nov-23, Mico - Milano Congressi: La Verdi Orchestrahttps://bachtrack.com/listing-nov-2013-la-verdi-chailly-mahler-82013-11-232013-11-23Mico - Milano CongressiMilanLombardyItalyv. le Eginardo, Piazzale Carlo Magno45.48111059.15595445

Leipzig routinely honours its native son with performances of Parsifal scheduled on and around Good Friday, which tempts a state of ritualized enactment best confined to the opera itself. (Vienna maintains the same tradition and is a magnet for self-appointed enforcers of the Bayreuth applause customs and their confrontational silencing of the ‘transgressors’.